Published
Video length: 2 min.
Article written by
On the morning of June 26, the President of the Republic announced that drug users will now be able to pay fines directly to police officers who will be equipped with credit card machines. A controversial announcement.
In Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône), the idea of direct payment of fines for drug use is not unanimous. The rate of the fixed fine is 200 euros, but a little more than a third is actually paid. Consumers will be able to pay immediately to law enforcement by credit card or cash. “Personally, I think it’s rather positive that people have this possibility, it allows them to settle their debts immediately and the legal action is less long.“, considers a Marseillaise. Another thinks the measure is useless if people don’t want to pay.
300 additional police
Marseille is plagued by drug trafficking. Since the beginning of the year, there have already been 23 deaths against a backdrop of settling scores. Since the launch of the Marseille plan on a large scale, 300 additional police officers have arrived. But the feeling for his Marseillais is not the same. In certain districts of Marseilles, it is the Marseillais themselves who are rebelling. They united to demand the departure of the drug traffickers who had settled in their buildings.